Cash-carrier



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D. LIP'PY. UASH CARRIER Patented Apr. 2, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFicE.

DAYID LIPPY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,696, dated April 2, 1889 Application filed November 7, 1888. Serial No. 290,224. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID LIPPY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Carriers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and ,eXact description of the invention, wh ch will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same;

The invention relates to cash-carriers for store-service; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the car- 'rier, showing the same mounted upon tracks and carrying on its under side the cash-receptacle; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the carrier, showing the arrangement of the wheels and rollers.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a cash-carrier, consisting of a frame, 1, and a receptacle, 2, secured to the bottom portion of the same, and into which the cash to be changed is placed. The frame 1 is made preferably A-shaped and of one piece of metal, and has two upward'extending arms, 3, in which are mounted three grooved carrierwheels, 4, which run upon tracks 5, running from different parts of the store to acommon point at the cashiers desk. The lower wheels are so mounted that they nearly touch the base 6 of the frame, so that when the track is placed in the groove of the carrier-wheels it cannot by any possible means slip out of the same, and thus prevent the carrier operating properly. By this means the upper roller or wheel is held in place upon the track and without-any other means to prevent its being derailed. Immediately below the upper carrier-wheel, and mounted upon a bearing, '7 is an idle grooved roller, 8, so arranged that it never comes in contact with the track, but is designed to act as a brake to stop the carrier. This is accomplished by securing upon each end of the track a cone-shaped resilient stop, 10, the apex 9 of which points inward,

any. manner above the track-wires, but preferably by meansof a screw-eye, which is placed in the ceiling and at a point slightly in advance of the stopping-point of the carrier. The ends of the wires at one end of the track are secured in a depending hanger secured at its upper end to the ceiling, and at the other end the track-wires are secured to a plate situated immediately in front of the cashiers ,desk, so that as each of the cash-carriers is projected to the cashier the carriers will stop at a given point and within convenient reach.

Having thus described the different parts of my device, I will show the manner in which it is operated- When a salesman desires change,he places the money to be changed in the receptacle provided for it, and by drawing the throwcord quickly forward an impetus or momentum will be given to the carrier which will carry it from the point at which the salesman stands to the cashiers desk, even though the track be'inclined from that point. After the cashier has made the change he operates the throwcord at his desk in the same manner and projects the cash-carrier back to the salesman, where it is stopped by means of a cone-shaped stop, before referred to. It will thus be seen that although this cash-carrier is exceedingly simple of construction it will be found of the highest efficiency and durability in use and may be constructed at but a very slight expense.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cash-carrier frame carrying on its upper side three grooved wheels and on its lower wheel placed intermediate of the three I the base of the frame and adapted to be acted grooved Wheels and adapted to bear against against byastarting-cord,substantially as dea stop at the end of the track, substantially as scribed. specified.

2. A cash-carrier frame carrying on its upl per side three grooved wheels for running upon the track, a cash-receptacle secured to 1 its under side, a grooVedidle-wheel placed in- I termediate of the three grooved wheels and j adapted to bear against a tapered stop at the l end of the track, and two rollers mounted in niyown I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DAVID LIPPY.

\Vitnesses:

ROBERT M. ELLIOTT, GEORGE A. Woosrnn.

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